Archive for March, 2011
What If You Had an Idea Machine – What Would You Do With It
What if you had an idea machine? What would you do with it? What if you had access to the ability to brainstorm all of your thoughts with thousands of others with similar interests? Would you? What if there were benchmarks available to you that would enable you to gauge how successful your idea for a product, a service, an article, or a book would be before you began? Would you avail yourself of it? What if you could gather an army of joint venture and creative partners willing to actively participate in your enterprise just for the asking? Would you ask?
Sounds too far fetched doesn’t it? Almost like utopia. But it does exist. Chances are you are aware of it. If you are reading this message, you are mostly likely availing yourself of this wonderful medium I am referring to as an idea machine right now. The idea machine I am talking about is the Internet. All of the “what if’s” I asked about in the aforementioned paragraph are possible with this magnificent idea machine and a number of smart people utilize it everyday specifically for these purposes. How about you? Read the rest of this entry »
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The Social Technological Landscape
A Discourse on Techno-sociological Behaviors
Technological advances are no longer terms that prompt confused facial responses and infantile explanations. The presence of these advances and a host of recreational gadgets transform mediocrity into fame. These projections are witnessed through television documentaries, motion pictures, and supportive media. The issues raised by technological advances guide the process of social gentrification. This is revealed by the attention paid to the definition of “technology”. There is variety of newly constructed social settings juxtaposed to an already delineated environment. This produces and articulates an enticing arrangement of social interaction. The appearance of acceptability and stability presented by these various mediums is void of theoretical development as a course of change agency. The social fabric of human interaction is achieved by re materializing loyalties of a new milieu toward immaterial cultural practices and fixation on the politics of identity. The immense influence of this societal and cultural movement towards technology, substitutes our attention from social principals and relations to behavior that taints social acceptance. The number of individuals who appear to be outwardly secure in the world of cell phones, game boys, and iPods is emergent. This conduct has displaced human elements of decision making based on firsthand experience and social contacts that would naturally materialize. Modern youth are not involved in social activities benefiting from the differences that various cultures have afforded. Ones proclivities are such that these isolated and collective social contacts produce the understanding possible to make connections that transcend the idiomatic behaviors of classes, consequential relationships, and acquaintances. Within this framework the complex manner assists in expounding everyday social life through the embodiment of meanings, values, and symbolism. Read the rest of this entry »
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Miss Your Children Take Action Using Safe, Secure Web Communication Tools
Divorce is rated as one of the most stressful life experiences people encounter. Dealing with your stress is important to living a productive life and requires paying attention to your emotional needs and letting go of issues that you cannot control. When you are a parent, having less contact with your children can create an emotional void and sometimes you have little control over the amount of one-on-one contact you have with your children.
Fathers are better able to contribute to the well-being of their children when they have ongoing and consistent access to them. Since mothers are awarded primary custody of the children roughly 85% of the time, fathers must establish new and meaningful ways to be engaged in their child’s life when they are apart. Web-based communication technologies can increase both the amount of contact and quality of interactions fathers have with their children, both of which are important to maintaining and continuing to build healthy parent-child relationships.
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